Hildebrand of Carrots

Hildebrand von Möhren († March 26, 1279 ) was Prince-Bishop of Eichstätt from 1261 to 1279.

Life

Hildebrand came from the Swabian Gender those of carrots , named after the district of carrots from Treuchtlingen , now located in the Middle Franconian district of Weißenburg-Gunzenhausen . The von Möhren were both noble-free as well as ministerial , Hildebrand belongs to the branch of the noble-free. Hildebrand von Möhren is attested in 1239 as Eichstatter canon and archdeacon . He started promoting the mendicant orders as an elect . So he allowed the Dominicans of Regensburg to preach in the diocese. He promoted the monastery Schönthal the Augustinians and the Augustinian Abbey Nuremberg with the granting of indulgences . With another indulgence, he also supported the building of the Franciscan monastery in Nuremberg . The Franciscan monastery in Ingolstadt and the Dominican monastery in Eichstätt received further benefits . He was buried in the Willibald Choir of Eichstätter Cathedral .

literature

• Alfred Wendehorst : The diocese of Eichstätt. Volume 1: The series of bishops until 1535 (= Germania sacra. The Church of the Old Kingdom and its institutions. New series 45.). de Gruyter, Berlin a. a. 2006, ISBN 3-11-018971-2 , pp. 110-114.

Web links

• The bishop in the history of Eichstätt
• The bishop in the story of Heidenheim

Remarks

1. ↑ http://www.biber-web.de/moehren/allgemein.htm ( Memento from July 28, 2012 in the web archive archive.today )

predecessor	Office	successor
Engelhard von Dolling	Bishop of Eichstätt 1261–1279	Reinboto von Meilenhart